Chapter 12 Key Terms – Road to Civil War



Chapter 12 Key Terms – Road to Civil War

1. abolitionists: a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery

2. fugitive: someone who has escaped, or is a runaway slave

3. Fugitive Slave Act: a law that required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves

4. sectionalism: loyalty to a region

5. Missouri Compromise: The Compromise of 1820 between the North & South over which future states would have or not have slavery

6. Free Soil Party: new political party that promoted anti-slavery, nominated Martin Van Buren as presidential candidate

7. secede: to leave or withdraw

8. Compromise of 1850: 5 separate bills: California would be a free state, New Mexico could allow slavery, slavery abolished in D.C., stronger fugitive slave law

9. Stephen A. Douglas: Illinois senator who created the Compromise of 1850 and supported popular sovereignty

10. popular sovereignty: the right of voters in each state/territory to decide whether to become a free state or slave state

11. Kansas-Nebraska Act: compromise between the North and South that divided the Nebraska Territory into one free state and one slave state

12. border ruffians: Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas elections during the mid-1850s

13. John Brown: strong abolitionist that believed God chose him to end slavery, led the raid on Harper’s Ferry

14. “Bleeding Kansas”: back and forth fighting between pro-slave and abolitionist forces

15. civil war: conflict between opposing groups of the same country

16. Dred Scott: enslaved African-American who sued for his freedom, but lost because he was not considered a citizen, but property

17. Republican Party: party of Lincoln that believed slavery should be left alone where it existed, but outlawed in new territories/states

18. Abraham Lincoln: Republican presidential candidate from Illinois who wanted to leave slavery alone where it existed, but ban it in new areas

19. Harper’s Ferry: John Brown leads 18 men in an attempt to start a slave rebellion, and is executed, put southerners in fear

20. border states: states between the North & South that were divided over whether to stay in the union or the confederacy

21. secession: withdrawal from the union

22. The Confederacy: southern states that separated from the Union

23. Jefferson Davis: Confederate president from Mississippi that supported states’ rights

24. states’ rights: the belief that states’ rights supersede federal rights and laws

25. Fort Sumter: a fort that guarded Charleston Harbor, and the first battle of the Civil War

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|1. abolitionists |2. fugitive |

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|3. Fugitive Slave Act |4. sectionalism |

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|5. Missouri Compromise |6. Free Soil Party |

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|7. secede |8. Compromise of 1850 |

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|9. Stephen A. Douglas |10. popular sovereignty |

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|11. Kansas-Nebraska Act |12. border ruffians |

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|13. John Brown |14. Bleeding Kansas |

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|15. civil war |16. Dred Scott |

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|17. Republican Party |18. Abraham Lincoln |

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|19. Harper’s Ferry |20. border states |

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|21. secession |22. The Confederacy |

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|23. Jefferson Davis |24. state’s rights |

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|25. Fort Sumter | |

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